Segmented Displays
Why Hacker News recommends it
Recommended as a meditative, geeky tour of alternative display designs.
What it is
Posy explores segmented displays, from the seven-segment display to alternative designs with fewer or more segments, with patents and history.
Recommended by 3 HN commenters across 3 different months, 2023 to 2026.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec sph · 2023-04 · on “Four-Byte Burger”
A similar channel in style, thoroughness and love for the 80s and 90s is Posy. [LINK] Recommended if you want to see deep, geeky and fun explorations of the world of liquid crystal displays, Hi-Fi stereos and anything that tickles his fancy. A good starting point: "Segmented Displays" — [this video]
Strong rec gherkinnn · 2026-04 · on “Air Powered Segment Display? [video]”
If you liked the pneumatic segmented display like I did, here is a meditative video on alternative segmented displays. [this video] No affiliation, just one of my favourite videos.
Recommends runroader · 2025-11 · on “Fran Sans – font inspired by San Francisco light rail displays”
The segmented type site that lets you see a bunch of different options reminded me of Posy's YouTube video where he investigates a bunch of weird options for these: [this video]